Caring for ONE frog for ONE day?

[Thisismyrofl]

Hello everyone, this is my first post on this forum. Five minutes ago, I found a frog of unknown species in my house. It looks like a tree frog sort of, and it could jump REALLY far, but I have no idea what it is, and I don't know anything about frogs really.

I would like to take it into my AP biology class tomorrow, after which I will release it again. Keep in mind that I'm probably saving it from a horrible painful death at the hands of my cats.

I have it in a tupperware container with a hole in the top. Is there anything I should do to take care of this mysterious frog for this one day?




Also, I live in southeastern Alabama in the USA, if it interests any.

Upon further investigation at OutdoorAlabama.com it seems to be either a Green or Squirrel Treefrog. Both genus Hyla.

[John]

If my memory serves, it looks more like a Squirrel Tree Frog than a Green Tree Frog, at least from that photo.

[Greenlove]

I looked at OutdoorAlabama.com and was going to say Northern Spring Peeper, but I'm no expert so your guess is as good as mine. In my opinion, I think you should release it in the morning. I wouldn't take it to school as this could cause it a great amount of stress. Take a picture and show your teacher that instead. Oh, and thank you for saving it from your kitties.

[Thisismyrofl]

I needed a fast response, since it was 10:30 at night when I posted this. So I asked on a more populous forum.

I did take it to school, and released it the next day. On the advice of a person on the other forum, I kept it in a Tupperware container. I gave it a little bit of water, after taping a glue stick to the bottom (which left it tilted to the side so the water pooled to one side.

My old biology teacher actually had a funky little plastic terrarium (with a little surfboard!) and offered to take him, but later told me she wouldn't really know how best to take care of it. I released it just now. It was one of the hardest things I've ever done.

EDIT: He might have been pretty dried out when I first picked him up, because when I gave him some water he appeared to get a bit greener. This was after I took the picture. Also he was not in IMMINENT cat danger. The cats had not yet found him, but I'm sure they would at some point.